KR20070116556A - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

A device and a method for processing information, and a computer program thereof are provided to enable a user to visually check a place and a time of a displayed image in configuration displaying the image and a map, and to relate position information to the image not related to the position information. A display part(471) displays the information, and a data processor(472) controls information display of the display part and processes the data based on user input. The data processor displays an image view screen corresponding to the image data stored in a storing part(473) to the display part, and displays the map corresponding to the position information included in property information of the selected image based on image selection and a map display request of the user. The data processor displays the map of the position corresponding to the position information included in the property information of the latest or oldest time information which is included in the property information of the image selected by the user.

Description

Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and computer program {INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The figure which shows the example of the display data which displayed the image data which a user hold | maintains with map information.

2 is a diagram for explaining an example of a usage form of the information processing device of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of display data displayed on a client.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an HTML file applied to a display process.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of upload data transmitted from a client to a service providing server.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a program executed by a client. FIG.

7 is a view for explaining an example of data displayed based on execution of an image browsing program on a client.

8 is a diagram for explaining an example of data displayed based on execution of an image browsing program on a client.

Fig. 9 is a diagram for explaining the starting process of a map display program from an image browsing program execution screen.

10 is a diagram for explaining a sequence for a client to execute information display processing based on map information provided by the map information providing server and HTML file provided by the service providing server.

11 is a diagram illustrating an example of display data displayed on a client.

Fig. 12 is a diagram for explaining setting recording processing of position information for an image to which display data displayed on a client is applied.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining album storage, update processing, etc. to which display data displayed on a client is applied; FIG.

14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing sequence at a client.

Fig. 15 is a diagram explaining a functional configuration of an information processing apparatus as a client.

It is a figure explaining the hardware structural example of the information processing apparatus as a client.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: Map

11: burn

12: marker

100: network

110: client

120: service providing server

150: map information providing server

201: Map

202 marker

203: burn

251: data part

252: key information

253: data part

301: image viewing program

302: map display program

321: image list

322: Image list display area

323: image selection area

324: Map display program start icon

325: Image list display area

326: image selection area

351: Image viewing program execution screen

352: Map display program execution screen

401: map

402: image list

403 marker

404: burn

411 to 414: operation buttons

421: identification icon

431 burns

432 points

451 processing selection

452: album selection

471: user interface

472: data processing unit

473: memory

474: communication unit

501: Central Processing Unit (CPU)

502: Read Only Memory

503: Random Access Memory

504: host bus

505: the bridge

506: external bus

507: interface

508: keyboard

509: pointing device

510: display

511: Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

512: drive

514: connection port

515: communication unit

521: a removable recording medium

522: external connection device

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program. More specifically, the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program that simultaneously display map information and image data held by an information processing apparatus such as a user's PC or a digital camera.

Background Art [0002] Digital cameras, which are widely used in recent years, convert a still image or a moving image captured by an imaging device such as a CCD sensor into image data in a digital format, and use a recording medium such as a memory card, a flash memory, or a hard disk. It is a device for recording as digital data on the back.

In these digital cameras, photographed image data is stored in a recording medium in a predefined format. In many image formats that exist, for example, in EXIF format in JPEG or in the format of DV data, there are some fields for recording a shooting point. For example, a process of automatically measuring the shooting position in the camera having the GPS function and recording it as attribute information of the shooting data is executed. The positional information corresponding to these images is used when, for example, a map is displayed and a photographing position is also displayed on the map.

For example, as one of services through a network, there is a map information providing service. The map information providing service transmits, for example, a map display request of a specific area to a map information providing server from a user terminal such as a computer or a portable terminal connected to a network. A service for acquiring a map of a region according to the present invention and transmitting the acquired map to a user terminal. In addition to maps, there are also services that provide satellite imagery.

In addition to such a map information providing service, it is possible to display data possessed by a user, for example, image data photographed at a travel destination, together with a position on a map provided by a map providing server. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the marker 12 is set in the position which shows the travel destination of a user, etc. on the map 10 provided by the map provision server. The marker 12 is a marker for local image popup. It is the structure which displays the image 11 corresponding to the photograph which the user shot by designating each marker (for example, clicking). When each of the markers 12a to 12n is clicked on, local image data associated with each position, for example, an image of a user (such as a photograph taken on a trip) 11 is popped up.

In order to realize such information display, a display structure description file, for example, an HTML file, which describes a configuration for displaying map data, position information of markers, and image information such as a picture of a user according to a predetermined rule. It is necessary to generate. The user generates this display data (HTML file) or generates a request to a service providing server that provides a generation service, and displays the data based on the generated HTML file.

 AJAX (Asynchronous Java (registered trademark) Script + XML) technology is used, for example, for cooperation display with a map, a satellite picture, and the user's local image. The AJAX technology utilizes the HTTP communication function of Java (registered trademark) Script, which is implemented in a web browser, transmits and receives data in XML format to and from the server without reloading the web page, thereby updating display data. As a technology of an interactive web application that is made possible, it is mainly applied to a network service running on an Internet browser.

In this way, for example, by applying the AJAX technology, it is possible to display a combination of images such as a user's local photograph, as well as maps and satellite image information provided by the map information providing server.

For example, the map information providing server issues an application program interface (API) key to a service providing server that has given permission to create an HTML file or XML file, and provides the key information to an HTML file or XML file generated by the service providing server. Only when the key information is confirmed by writing, the process of allowing the use of the API of the map information providing server and performing the data display process as shown in Fig. 1 is performed. By this processing, for example, when using an HTML file stored in a local place on a personal computer, the use of the API of the map information providing server is not permitted, and data display as shown in FIG. An operation such as pop-up display of a local image on a map becomes impossible, and service provision based on a license is realized.

As described above, for example, operation of the marker is performed by setting a marker at a map information acquired from a map information providing server that matches the position information (latitude and longitude) set as attribute information of an image such as a photograph taken by the user. By setting to pop-up display of the image corresponding to the position by clicking or the like, the user can accurately grasp the shooting position of each picture on the map.

However, simply displaying an image on a map cannot visually intuit the time relationship at the time of shooting. In addition, the positional information is not recorded in all the captured image data which the user possesses, and the position on a map is not determined about the image to which the positional information is not provided, and the display process associated with the map cannot be performed. There is a problem. There is also a problem in that it is not possible to easily record additional position information on an image to which no positional information is given.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and in the configuration of displaying an image together with a map, it is possible to visually easily grasp the photographing place and the time relationship of the display image, and the positional information is associated. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program having a user interface capable of associating positional information with a simple image.

A first aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus for performing information display processing, comprising: a display portion for displaying information, a data processing portion for performing information display control for the display portion, and data processing based on a user input; The data processing unit displays an image browsing screen corresponding to the image data stored in the storage unit on the display unit, and the positional information included in the attribute information of the selected image based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user. An information processing apparatus comprising: a configuration for displaying a map of a position corresponding to.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is based on the positional information in which the date and time information contained in the attribute information of the selected image by the user is contained in the attribute information of either the latest or the best image. It is a structure which performs display of the map of a corresponding position.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is a structure which performs display of the map which set the marker in the position corresponding to the positional information contained in the attribute information of a selected image. .

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part reads and displays the image data in which the position information corresponding to the setting position of the said marker was set as attribute information based on the user operation with respect to the said marker. It is a structure which performs a process.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is the information which set image reference information as access information corresponding to the selected image based on image selection information and map display request input by a user. It is a structure which produces | generates or acquires a display file, and performs the map information display process which made it possible to display a map and a selection image, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part performs the process which displays together the image list as a list of the image selected based on the image selection information by the said user in the said map information display process. Characterized in that the configuration.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part performs a process which displays the identification icon which shows whether the positional information was recorded in the attribute information corresponding to the display image in the said image list. It is characterized by the configuration.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is drag-and-drop based on the drag-and-drop process on the display map by a user with respect to the display image in the said image list. It is characterized in that it is a structure which acquires the position information corresponding to the map position of a process destination, and performs the process which records as position information corresponding to the image made into the drag and drop process object.

In an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the positional information is recorded in an image file together with the drag-and-drop processed image data.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is a structure which performs the data preservation process which newly creates or updates and saves the selected image group information with respect to the image selected at the time of the said map information display. And the image group information includes at least reference information of the selected image data.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is a structure which performs the process which saves the positional information corresponding to image as a configuration data at the time of the said data storage process.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is a structure which performs the process which saves the map displayed on a display part or the access information of the map as a configuration data at the time of the said data storage process. It features.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention, the said data processing part is a structure which performs the process which saves as a configuration data the display structure description file applied to the display of the information displayed on a display part at the time of the said data storage process. It is characterized by that.

In an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the display structure description file is an HTML file.

Moreover, the 2nd side of this invention is an information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, Comprising: The data processing part has a data processing step of performing information display control with respect to a display part, and data processing based on a user input, The said The data processing step displays the image browsing screen corresponding to the image data stored in the storage unit on the display unit, and the positional information included in the attribute information of the selected image based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user. An information processing method comprising the step of performing display of a map of a position corresponding to.

Further, in an embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the data processing step includes positional information in which date and time information included in attribute information of a selected image by the user is included in attribute information of either the latest or the best image. And performing a display of a map of a position corresponding to.

Furthermore, in an embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the data processing step includes a step of executing a display of a map in which a marker is set at a position corresponding to the position information included in the attribute information of the selected image. It features.

Further, in one embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the data processing step reads and displays the image data in which the position information corresponding to the setting position of the marker is set as attribute information based on the user operation on the marker. And a step of executing a processing to be performed.

Further, in one embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the data processing step sets image reference information as access information corresponding to the selected image based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user. And generating a map information display file and executing a map information display process that enables the display of the map and the selected image together.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing method of this invention, the said data processing step is the said map information display process WHEREIN: The process which displays together the image list as a list of the image selected based on the image selection information by the said user. It is characterized by including the step of performing.

Further, in one embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the data processing step executes a process of displaying an identification icon indicating whether position information is recorded in attribute information corresponding to a display image in the image list. It characterized by including a step to make.

Furthermore, in one embodiment of the information processing method of this invention, the said information processing method is based on the drag-and-drop process on the display map by a user with respect to the display image in the said image list in the said data processing part. And processing for acquiring positional information corresponding to the map position of the drag-and-drop processing destination and recording as positional information corresponding to the image to be subjected to the drag-and-drop processing.

In an embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the positional information is recorded in an image file together with the drag-and-drop processed image data.

Further, in an embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the information processing method includes a selected image including at least reference information of the selected image data with respect to the image selected at the time of displaying the map information in the data processing unit. A data saving process of newly creating or updating group information and storing it is further performed.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing method of this invention, the said data storage process is a process which saves the data containing the positional information corresponding to image, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing method of this invention, the said data saving process is a process of saving the data containing the map displayed on a display part, or the access information of the map, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

Moreover, in one Embodiment of the information processing method of this invention, the said data saving process is a process of saving data containing the display structure description file applied to the display of the information displayed on a display part.

Further, in one embodiment of the information processing method of the present invention, the display structure description file is an HTML file.

Further, a third aspect of the present invention is a computer program for executing information processing in an information processing apparatus, wherein the data processing section has a data processing step for executing information display control on a display section and data processing based on user input. The data processing step displays the image browsing screen corresponding to the image data stored in the storage unit on the display unit, and is included in the attribute information of the selected image based on input of image selection information and map display request by the user. And a step of executing display of a map of a position corresponding to the positional information.

In addition, the computer program of the present invention may be, for example, a storage medium, a communication medium, for example, a recording medium such as a CD, an FD, or a MO, provided to a computer system capable of executing various program codes in a computer-readable form. Or a computer program that can be provided by a communication medium such as a network. By providing such a program in a computer readable format, processing according to the program is realized on the computer system.

Further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description based on the embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. In the present specification, the system is a logical collective configuration of a plurality of devices, and the devices in each configuration are not limited to the same case.

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EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the detail of the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, and the computer program which concern on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated, referring drawings.

First, with reference to FIG. 2, an example of the usage form of the information processing apparatus of this invention is demonstrated. The network 100 shown in FIG. 2 is a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The network 100 includes a service providing server (Web server) 120-A to 120-N and map information that provide various services. Display process of providing map information providing server 150 and display data as described above with reference to FIG. 1, that is, map information provided by map information providing server 150 and local image data such as photographs. Clients 110-1 to 110-n that perform the connection are connected. In addition, the map information provided by the map information providing server 150 includes various pieces of information that function as maps, such as maps, satellite photographs, and aerial photographs.

Clients 110-1 to 110-n as user terminals are information processing apparatuses such as a PC, a digital camera, a mobile phone, and the like, and for example, hard local data such as image data such as photographs taken in tourism and the like. It is stored in a storage medium such as a disk, a flash memory or an optical disk.

The client 110 acquires the map information and the satellite photo information provided by the map information providing server 150, and performs a process of simultaneously displaying local data such as a photo image stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk. Run A display structure description file applied to this display process, for example, a data file such as an XML file or an HTML file, is received from the service providing server (Web server) 120.

In the network configuration shown in FIG. 2, the client 110 receives a data file such as an XML file or an HTML file applied to display processing from the service providing server (Web server) 120, and maps the map information. Although the setting is received from the providing server 150, the client may execute the generation process of the display structure description file such as an XML file or an HTML file to be applied to the display process, and also the map information from the external server. Instead of receiving, the configuration may be applied to map data held by the client itself. In this case, communication by a network connection is unnecessary, and only the processing inside the client can generate and display the display data as described above with reference to FIG. 1.

The HTML file generated by the client 110 or the service providing server (Web server) 120 includes path information corresponding to image data such as image files stored in the client 110 device, that is, a storage destination such as a hard disk. File path information (e.g. c: \ Doc \ file0001.jpg, etc.), which is image reference information as access information, is recorded, and the image file is read out from the storage unit of the client 110 and displayed according to the path information. .

An example of display data displayed on the client 110 is shown in FIG. 3. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, markers 202a to 202n are displayed on the map 201 provided by the map providing server 150. These markers are set at the corresponding positions based on the positional information corresponding to the image file.

By specifying each marker (for example, clicking), an image 203 corresponding to the picture taken by the user is popped up. The image data displayed here is data read out from the own device, that is, the storage of the client 110, in accordance with the file path information set in the HTML file.

As shown in the figure, a tag of [Image], [Information] is set in the image 203, and the tag [Image] is read from a storage device of the client apparatus, that is, the client 110, by an image file path. Image data or a thumbnail image is displayed. In the tag [Information], for example, photographing date and time information, latitude and longitude information indicating a photographing position, file path information of the original image data, and the like are displayed. These pieces of information are data recorded in the HTML file.

3, the image list 211 which consists of several image is displayed on display data. The image displayed on this list is also data read from the own device, that is, the storage of the client 110, in accordance with the file path information set in the HTML file.

An example of the HTML file corresponding to the display data shown in FIG. 3 is shown in FIG. The HTML file shown in FIG. 4 is an example of an HTML file generated by the service providing server 120 and provided to the client 110 in the network configuration shown in FIG. 2. The data unit 251 uses key information 252 corresponding to license information provided from the map information providing server 150 to the service providing server 120 and the API provided by the map information providing server 150. Code information (Java (registered trademark) Script) to be applied in order to do this is described. In the data unit 253, various data transmitted from the client 110 to the service providing server 120, that is, (a) image file path information, (b) image cache path information, and (c) image position. (D) link information such as information (longitude and latitude), (d) image capturing date and time information, and HTML data composed of the display format information and the like are included.

When the client 110 requests the service providing server 120 to generate the HTML file, the client 110 transmits data as shown in FIG. 5 to the service providing server 120. In other words,

(a) Image file path information

(b) Image cache path information (file path information of thumbnail images)

(c) Image position information (longitude, latitude)

(d) Date and time of image recording

Information such as the data is transmitted as data for generating an HTML file.

(a) The image file path information is image file path information as access information corresponding to image data stored in the client 110, that is, image data such as a photograph taken at a tourist destination.

(b) The cache path information is image file path information as access information of a thumbnail (reduced image) corresponding to an image specified by the image file path information.

(c) The image position information (longitude and latitude) is position information indicating a photographing place or the like of the image designated by the image file path information, and is, for example, longitude and latitude information.

(d) The image capturing date and time information is information indicating the capturing date and time of the image specified by the image file path information.

In addition, the image data photographed by the digital camera or the like is recorded in the storage means of the digital camera, for example, in the EXIF file format, and then copied and recorded in the hard disk of the client 110, for example. The path information of each image file is defined in accordance with the directory of. Further, path information of an external storage means such as a flash memory connected by a USB connection or the like may be applied.

The position information and the shooting date and time information may use data recorded in an EXIF file as a photo data file, or data recorded by the user later may be used. The positional information may record not only the photographing position but also the position of the subject, the positional information associated with the image, and the like. These positional information are used to determine the position of the marker set on the map.

(B) The image cache path information is image file path information as access information of a thumbnail (reduced image) corresponding to the image specified by the image file path information. In most cases, the thumbnail image read by this cache path is used as the image pop-up displayed by the operation of the marker on the map or the image displayed as the image list.

This read image is the image data actually read on the screen, and it is also possible to set it as the image which the user processed suitably. For example, you may make it the image which performed the rotation process, or the image which performed the process, such as a resize.

Further, (a) the image file path information is an original image corresponding to (b) the image cache path information, and the file bus information of the original image is a tag of the image data displayed in the pop-up described with reference to FIG. 3 above. It is recorded in the image information data displayed by the designation of] and is used when the user tries to display an original image.

The image information corresponding to (a) image file path information and (b) image cache path information is not limited to still images, but may be moving picture data. In this case, an image or the like that pops up by a marker operation on a map is displayed as a moving image.

The service providing server 120 shown in FIG. 2 is data received from the client 110, that is,

(a) Image file path information

(b) Image cache path information (file path information of thumbnail images)

(c) Image position information (longitude, latitude)

(d) Date and time of image recording

Based on such information, the HTML file as shown in FIG. 4 corresponding to the display data displayed on the display unit of the client 110 is generated and provided to the client 110.

Map information is acquired from the map information providing server 150, for example. In this case, the API usage request for the map information providing server 150 is made based on the code (Java (registered trademark) Script) for using the API included in the HTML file received from the service providing server 120. Run This processing request includes position information for indicating the marker position set on the map and key information 252 included in the data portion 251 in the HTML file shown in FIG.

The client, based on the HTML file received from the service providing server 120, stores the storage unit of the client 110 as its own device according to the map received from the map providing server 150 and the path information recorded in the HTML file. The image data and the thumbnail image data can be called out and displayed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the marker 202 is displayed at a position corresponding to the position set as attribute information of the image on the map, and the image associated with the marker is popped up by clicking the marker. . This is a process in which the stored image of the client 110 is read and displayed in accordance with the file path information described in the HTML file.

In addition, in the data display example shown in FIG. 3, an image list display unit 211 is set on the left side of the screen, and the image list display unit 211 is used by the client 110 to the service providing server 120. The thumbnail images which specified the path information at the time of requesting the generation of the HTML file for the file are displayed, for example, arranged in the order of shooting date and time. This image is also the stored image 224 of the client 110 read in accordance with the file path information described in the HTML file 222. In addition, the display example shown in FIG. 3 is an example, and various data display is implement | achieved according to the HTML file which produces | generates.

As described above, the generation process of the HTML file and the acquisition of the map information may be executed by the client 110 without using an external server. In this case, it is executed as a process which applied the data inside a client. In any case, the image data displayed together with the map is read out from the storage unit of the client 110 in accordance with (a) image file path information and (b) image cache path information recorded in the HTML file shown in FIG. Will be.

When displaying the combined data of image data such as a map and a photo shown in FIG. 3, the client 110 selects an image to be displayed and selects an HTML file in which an image file path corresponding to the selection information is set. The display process generated and combined with the map is executed. Therefore, the programs executed by the client during these processes are roughly divided into the image browsing program 301 and the map display program 302 as shown in FIG. The user of the client 110 executes the image browsing program 301, selects an image file to be displayed together with a map from the image stored in the storage unit of the client 110, and after the selection, corresponds to the selected image file. By generating an HTML file in which image file path information is set, and executing the map display program 302, the data described above with reference to FIG. 3 is displayed.

7, the execution example of the image viewing program 301 is demonstrated. FIG. 7 shows an example of data displayed on the display of the client 110 when an image browsing program for executing image browsing in a calendar format is executed. As shown in the column list of the folder list 321 in the figure, each image data is stored in a folder for each year, and a folder for each month is stored in a folder for each year, and among folders for each month. It has a configuration in which image data files such as photographs are recorded. At the time of recording the data after the photographing process, the image data is recorded in each folder based on the photographing date and time information set as the attribute information of each image.

In the image viewing example shown in FIG. 7, an example is a case where browsing is performed by designating a folder in units of a year in 2006. An image is displayed in the image list display area 322 and a shooting date and time are set on each day. A representative image of, for example, a thumbnail of the head image having the earliest shooting time in the day is displayed in the date area of the calendar.

For example, the user selects an image to be displayed as well as a map display based on the list display. In the example shown in the figure, an example in which the areas of March and April are set as the image selection area 323 is shown. After the image selection area 323 is set, the map display program is started, so that these selected images are set as targets of the pop-up image and the list of image lists described above with reference to FIG. 3. The process of starting the map display program clicks on the map display program start icon 324 shown in the drawing.

When the map display program start icon 324 is clicked on, the map display program is started, the above-described HTML file is generated, and the map is read and displayed. In the generated HTML file, path information of the selected image is described. Furthermore, if necessary, processing for generating processed images such as thumbnails of selected images is performed, the generated processed images are stored in a primary folder, and the path information (cache path) for the processed images is also recorded in an HTML file. In this case, the display can be read and displayed in the map display process. The specific processing sequence after starting the map display program will be described later.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which image viewing on a date basis that is finer than that of the calendar format image viewing format shown in FIG. 7 is executed in accordance with the image viewing program 301. The image list is displayed in the image list display area 325 every day. On the basis of the shooting date and time information set for each image, images are displayed in order from the image having the earliest shooting time of each date.

For example, the user selects an image to be displayed as well as a map display based on the list display. In the example shown in the figure, an example in which a region including an image photographed at 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock March 11, 2006 is set as the image selection area 326 is shown. After the image selection area 326 is set, the map display program is started to set the selected image as a target of the pop-up image and the list of the image list described above with reference to FIG. 3. The process of starting the map display program clicks on the map display program start icon 324 shown in the drawing.

As shown in FIG. 9, by clicking the map display program start icon 324 included in the image browsing program execution screen 351, the image viewing program execution screen 351 is moved from the image viewing program execution screen 351 to the map display program execution screen 352. The switching is executed. The image displayed on the map display program execution screen 352 is an image selected on the image browsing program execution screen 351, and the HTML file in which the path information of the selected image is recorded by clicking the map display program start icon 324. Is generated, and the map display program execution screen 352 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed.

An example of the process sequence performed by clicking the map display program start icon 324 shown in FIG. 9 is demonstrated. As described above, the display data as described above with reference to FIG. 3, that is, data that enables a pop-up display of an image such as a photograph along with a map by setting a marker at a map position, sets a path of the display image. It is necessary to generate an HTML file, acquire map data, and execute it. The generation and the map of these HTML files may be executed by using an external server, or may be configured to be executed inside the client.

10 is a process in which the client 110 requests the service providing server 120 to generate an HTML file, receives the map information from the map providing server 150, and displays a map and an image. Sequence. 10 shows, from the left side, a client (user terminal) 110 executing data display, a service providing server 120 generating an HTML file, and a map information providing server 150 providing map information or satellite image information. It is shown.

First, as a premise of executing this service, the map information providing server 150 generates an HTML file for displaying information using a map provided by the map information providing server 150, and executes a service provided to the client. To the service providing server 120. For example, a license agreement permits the provision of services for a predetermined period of time. At this time, in step S101, the map information providing server 150 generates a license key and provides it to the service providing server 120.

After the client (user terminal) 110 attempting to display the map data executes the image selection by applying the image browsing program execution screen 351 described above with reference to FIG. 9, the map display program start icon 324. Click). By this click process, a map display program is started and the process of step S102 or less is performed.

In step S102, the path information corresponding to the image data stored in the client (user terminal) 110, that is, the path information as access information of image data such as a photograph taken at a tourist spot, and the shooting location and shooting date and time as its attribute information. Information or the like is transmitted to the service providing server 102, that is, uploaded. In the upload data, for example, as described above with reference to FIG. 5,

(a) Image file path information

(b) Image cache path information (file path information of thumbnail images)

(c) Image position information (longitude, latitude)

(d) Date and time of image recording

Etc. are included.

In step S103, the service providing server 120 generates an HTML file for data display. This HTML file is an HTML file applied to the data display described with reference to FIG. 4 above, and uses the key information received from the map information providing server 150 and the API provided by the map information providing server 150. In addition, various data transmitted from the client 110 to the service providing server 120, that is, (a) image file path information, (b) image cache path information, and (c) image position information (hardness) , Latitude), and (d) link information such as image capturing date and time information, and HTML data composed of the display format information and the like.

In step S104, the service providing server 120 transmits the generated HTML file to the client 110. The client 110 supplies the map information providing server 150 on the basis of a code (Java (registered trademark) Script) for using the API included in the HTML file received from the service providing server 120 in step S105. The API usage request for the. This processing request includes configuration data of the HTML file received from the service providing server 120, that is, key information 252 described with reference to FIG. 4, other image file path information, shooting position information as image attribute information, and the like. Included.

In step S106, the map information providing server 150 verifies the key information based on the request from the client 110. That is, the map information providing server 33 verifies whether or not it is a map use request based on the HTML file generated by the service providing server licensed. Specifically, it is verified whether or not valid key information provided to the service providing server 120 licensed by the map information providing server 150 is included in the request from the user terminal. If the valid key information is not included, the service is stopped.

If valid key information is included, in step S107, map data capable of data processing using the API of the map information providing server 150 is provided to the client 110. FIG. In other words, it is map information in which a marker that allows a local image to be presented on a map is set.

In step S108, the client 110 displays a map using, for example, a browser function. On the map, a marker (marker 202 shown in FIG. 3) for pop-up display of an image is set. If a marker operation such as a marker click process is executed in step S109, the image (or thumbnail image) is stored in the own device (client 110) in accordance with the image file path information described in the HTML file in step S110. The image acquired from the unit and popped up on the map is displayed on the user terminal in step S111.

The displayed image is stored image data in the client apparatus. In the sequence diagram shown in FIG. 10, an example in which the image data is popped up in accordance with the image file path information described in the HTML file when the marker operation is performed in step S109 has been described, but with reference to FIG. 3 above. As described above, the image list 211 composed of a plurality of images is displayed on the display data. This list-displayed image is also read from the storage device of the client device, that is, the client 110, in accordance with the file path information set in the HTML file and displayed on the display portion of the client. The display timing of this image list is the same timing as the map display of step S108.

In the processing configuration of the present invention, the image data as the local data to be displayed is not read from the service providing server but is read from the storage unit of the client 110 which is its own device in accordance with the file path information. Therefore, the client does not need to transmit image data to the service providing server, and the processing load is reduced to enable rapid data display processing.

By the above-described processing, for example, data display shown in FIG. 11 is performed on the display of the client 110. The display data shown in FIG. 11 is data displayed on the display of the client based on the execution of the map display program, and is composed of a map 401 and an image list 402. The map 401 includes image attributes. An image 404 having a marker 403 set at a position corresponding to positional information, such as a shooting position included in the information, and having positional information indicated by the marker as attribute information by an operation (clicking) of the marker 403. This pops up.

The image 404 displayed on the pop-up screen and the image displayed on the image list 402 are both images read from the storage means of the client according to the path information recorded in the HTML file. The images displayed in the image list 402 are sorted and displayed in the order of shooting date and time. In addition, various sorting processes are possible based on attribute information corresponding to an image.

In the display data, operation buttons 411 to 414 are also displayed. The operation button [map] 411 displays a map on the screen by user operation, and the operation button [setter light] 412 displays a satellite image on the screen by user operation, and the operation button [dual] ( 413) displays a map and a satellite image together on the screen by user operation. The operation button [album] 414 stores data, updates, and the like by user operation. Processing based on the operation of the operation button [album] 414 will be described later.

In the image displayed in the image list 402, an identification icon 421 indicating whether or not position information is recorded as attribute information is displayed. In the image in which the identification icon 421 is displayed, the position information is recorded as attribute information, and the image in which the identification icon 421 is not displayed indicates that the position information is not recorded as the attribute information. The identification icon 421 is preferably set by, for example, the shape of the earth, the satellite, the azimuth needle, etc., and is preferably configured to visually associate the position information.

As shown in Fig. 12, the user drags and drops an image on which the identification icon 421 is not displayed on the displayed map, thereby dragging and dropping the image as attribute information of the image. Location information (latitude, longitude) on the map can be recorded. In addition, even when the browsing program execution screen is displayed in a manner arranged with the map display program execution screen and the image selected on the image viewing program execution screen is dragged and dropped onto the map in the map display program execution screen, the same position information acquisition, Setting is possible.

This positional information recording process is performed in accordance with the positional information recording processing program included in the map display program. Position information (latitude and longitude) is associated with the displayed map, the position where the image was dropped by the user's operation, and the position information (latitude and longitude) of the point 432 in the example of FIG. A process of recording the acquired positional information (latitude and longitude) in the attribute information recording area of the en-dropped image 431 is executed.

Thus, in the structure of this invention, positional information can be easily recorded with respect to the image in which the positional information is not recorded.

Next, with reference to FIG. 13, the process based on operation of the operation button [album] 414 is demonstrated. When operation button [album] 414 is clicked on, the process selection part 451 and the album selection part 452 are displayed, as shown in FIG. The data displayed on the album selector 452 is an album already created by the user. The album is set as, for example, a set of image file path information corresponding to one or more image files.

The album may be set to include not only the image file path information, but also a configuration including the location information corresponding to the image file, map information currently displayed, and an HTML file applied to the display process. By such a storage processing configuration, the HTML file included in the album can be executed, and the process of newly generating the HTML file can be omitted.

The process selection unit 451 displays process information executable by the user. Specifically, in the case of [new save], [update save], and [delete] processing, when [new save] is selected and executed, an album composed of the currently selected set of images is set and saved as a new album. do. When [Refresh Save] is selected and executed, the update process of the existing album is performed. If [Delete] is specified and executed, the specified album is deleted.

When an album is selected from the album selector 452, images are read and displayed according to the image file path included in the album. Moreover, according to the path | route contained in an album, the map of a corresponding position is read out and displayed based on the positional information corresponding to an image file. The map is obtained from the storage of the client device or an external server and displayed.

Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 14, the process sequence performed by the information processing apparatus of this invention, ie, the client 110, is demonstrated. In step S201, the user of the client 110 starts an image browsing program. By this starting process, for example, the image list display process described above with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 is performed. In step S202, the user selects an image to display together with a map display from the list image. In step S203, the user starts the map display program. For example, as described with reference to FIG. 9, a process of operating (clicking) the map display program start icon 324 is performed.

By this starting process, for example, the process described with reference to FIG. 10 is executed. In this process, for example, when a processed image such as a thumbnail image corresponding to the selected image is not generated, a processing to be generated may be performed. If the processing judgment is step S204, and there is a selected image in which an image such as a thumbnail is not generated basically, in step S205, an image processed according to an appropriate size and format is generated and set in the storage unit of the client. Save it in the primary folder. In addition, when a moving picture is selected in the image browsing program, a thumbnail corresponding to the moving picture, that is, a thumbnail corresponding to a representative picture such as a battle of moving picture composition data, is generated.

In addition, about the processing aspect of an image, not only a thumbnail but a various aspect is possible. For example, in the image viewing program, it is possible to rotate and display the image by recognizing the rotation flag information included in the EXIF set as the image data storage file, and in the map display program, if such processing is not possible, the image viewing program or map In consideration of the rotation flag information set in the EXIF, the display program may be configured to generate an image file processed so as to be displayed in an appropriate form when the map display program is executed.

In step S206, an HTML file describing image file path information, position information, and the like is generated. In step S207, a map of a position corresponding to the position information set as attribute information of the image is obtained and displayed together with the image list. . The displayed data is display data shown in FIG. 11, for example.

In addition, when a plurality of images are included in the selected image, different positional information is associated with each image, but the map to be displayed is the newest date and time information (shooting date and time) or the oldest date and time information in the selected image. The map area of the position corresponding to the image data to be selected is selected and displayed.

The functional configuration of the apparatus that executes the above-described processing will be described with reference to FIG. 15. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one client 110 connected to a network. The client 110 includes a user interface 471 as a data input / output unit, a data processing unit 472, a storage unit 473, a communication unit 474, and a service providing server 120 and a map through the communication unit 474. It has a configuration capable of communicating with the information providing server 150. The client 110 is realized by the configuration similar to the general PC configuration. In addition, specific examples of the hardware configuration will be described later.

An image file is recorded in the storage unit 473 of the client 110. The image file is recorded, for example, as a file in EXIF format, and also position information, date and time information, etc., as attribute information corresponding to the image are recorded. In addition, image data such as thumbnails generated as primary files, programs for executing the above-described processes, that is, image browsing programs, map display programs, and the like are stored.

The data processing unit 472 is a data processing unit including a CPU that executes a program, and executes various processes in accordance with the above-described image browsing program and map display program. For example, image selection processing in accordance with an image viewing program, map display processing in accordance with a map display program, location information setting processing corresponding to an image described with reference to FIG. 12, album storage and update processing described with reference to FIG. 13, and the like. .

As the processing according to the map display program, the processing associated with the startup of the map display program, the data for HTML file generation, that is,

(a) Image file path information

(b) Image cache path information (file path information of thumbnail images)

(c) Image position information (longitude, latitude)

(d) Date and time of image recording

These data are acquired and an HTML file corresponding to the display data shown in FIG. 11 is generated. Alternatively, the information is transmitted to the service providing server 120 to output a request for generating an HTML file, and based on the recorded information of the acquired HTML file, a map, a satellite picture, or the like from the map information providing server 150 can be obtained. Map information acquisition processing is executed to display map information on the display unit. Further, based on the image file path recorded in the HTML file, a process of obtaining the image file from the storage unit and displaying it on the display unit is executed.

The user interface 471 includes a display unit as a user input unit and a data output unit, and outputs the display information described above with reference to those other than FIG. 11 as data output processing. In addition, under the control of the data processing unit 472, the client 110 performs communication with the service providing server 120 and the map information providing server 150 through the communication unit 474, so that the HTML is provided from the service providing server 120. The file is received, a map, a satellite image, and the like are acquired from the map information providing server 150 and displayed on the display unit of the user interface 471.

The data processing unit 472 displays the image browsing screen corresponding to the image file stored in the storage unit 473 on the display unit constituting the user interface 471, and inputs the image selection information and the map display request by the user. Based on this, the map of the position corresponding to the positional information included in the attribute information of the selected image is executed. The data processing unit 472 executes display of a map of a position where, for example, the date and time information included in the attribute information of the selected image by the user corresponds to the position information included in the attribute information of either the latest or the best image. do. In addition, the data processing unit 472 executes display of a map in which the marker is set at a position corresponding to the position information included in the attribute information of the selected image, and corresponds to the setting position of the marker based on a user operation for the marker. A process of reading and displaying an image file in which the positional information to be set as attribute information is executed.

Further, the data processing unit 472 generates or acquires an information display file in which image file path information as access information corresponding to the selected image is set, based on the image selection information and the map display request input by the user. The map information display process which enables the display of the map and the selected image together is performed. For example, based on the HTML file received from the service providing server, a process of transmitting the position information corresponding to the image file designated by the image file path to the service providing server 120 as data for HTML file generation is performed. And display map information including a marker indicating position information corresponding to the image file on the display unit, and store the storage unit 473 in the client 110 in accordance with the image file path recorded in the HTML file based on the operation of the marker. A process of obtaining an image file from the display and displaying it on the display unit is executed.

In this display process, the data processing unit 472 displays an image list as a list of images selected based on the image selection information by the user, and indicates whether the position information is recorded in the attribute information corresponding to the display image in the image list. Displays an identification icon indicating whether or not.

Further, the data processing unit 472, based on the drag-and-drop processing on the display map by the user for the display image in the image list, obtains the position information corresponding to the map position of the drag-and-drop processing destination. The processing for acquiring and recording as positional information corresponding to the image to be drag-and-drop processing is performed.

Further, the data processing unit 472 displays the map information based on the input of the album save or update processing request after the display processing of the map information displayed based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user. A process of newly creating or updating and saving an album containing an image file path as access information of the selected image is executed. At the time of saving the album, processing is performed to save, as album configuration data, the positional information corresponding to the image, the map displayed on the display unit or the access information of the map, and the HTML file applied to the display of the information displayed on the display unit.

Finally, an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus constituting the client that executes the above-described processing will be described with reference to FIG. 16. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 501 functions as an execution main body of the processing corresponding to the OS (Operating System) and the data processing unit described in the above-described embodiments, and executes various processes in accordance with the image browsing program and the map display program. do. For example, image selection processing in accordance with an image viewing program, map display processing in accordance with a map display program, location information setting processing corresponding to an image described with reference to FIG. 12, album storage and update processing described with reference to FIG. 13, and the like. . As the processing according to the map display program, for example, generation or analysis of an HTML file, information display processing, execution of a Java (registered trademark) Script, data communication processing control, and the like are performed. These processes are executed in accordance with a computer program stored in a data storage unit such as a ROM and a hard disk of each information processing apparatus.

The ROM (Read Only Memory) 502 stores a program used by the CPU 501, that is, an image browsing program, a map display program, operation parameters, and the like. The RAM (Random Access Memory) 503 stores a program used in the execution of the CPU 501, a parameter that is appropriately changed in the execution, and the like. These are connected to each other by a host bus 504 composed of a CPU bus or the like.

The host bus 504 is connected to an external bus 506 such as a Peripheral Component Interconnect / Interface (PCI) bus via the bridge 505.

The keyboard 508 and the pointing device 509 are input devices operated by a user. The display 510 is made of a liquid crystal display, a cathode ray tube (CRT), or the like, and displays various types of information as text or an image.

The HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 511 incorporates a hard disk, drives a hard disk, and records or reproduces a program or information executed by the CPU 501. The hard disk is used for storage means, such as image information, image attribute information, etc., for example, and also various computer programs, such as a data processing program, are stored.

The drive 512 reads data or a program recorded on a removable recording medium 521 such as a mounted magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, and reads the data or program into an interface ( 507, the external bus 506, the bridge 505, and the RAM 503 connected through the host bus 504.

The connection port 514 is a port for connecting the external connection device 522 and has a connection portion such as USB, IEEE 1394, or the like. The connection port 514 is connected to the CPU 501 or the like through the interface 507, the external bus 506, the bridge 505, the host bus 504, or the like. The communication unit 515 is connected to a network and performs communication with a client or a network connection server.

In addition, the hardware structural example of the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 16 is an example of the apparatus comprised by applying PC, and the system of this invention is not limited to the structure shown in FIG. 16, The process demonstrated in the above-mentioned Example A viable device is applicable. The client device is not limited to a PC but may be an information processing device such as a camera or a mobile phone.

As mentioned above, this invention was interpreted in detail, referring a specific Example. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and substitutions of the embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. That is, the present invention has been disclosed in the form of illustration and should not be interpreted limitedly. In order to judge the summary of this invention, the column of a claim should be considered.

In addition, the series of processes described in the specification can be executed by hardware, software, or a combination of both. In the case of executing a process by software, it is preferable to install and execute a program recording a processing sequence in a memory in a computer built in dedicated hardware, or by installing a program on a general-purpose computer capable of performing various processes. It is possible.

For example, the program can be recorded in advance in a hard disk or a ROM (Read Only Memory) as a recording medium. Alternatively, the program may be temporarily or permanently stored on a removable recording medium such as a flexible disc, a compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), a magneto optical (MO) disc, a digital versatile disc (DVD), a magnetic disc, or a semiconductor memory. You can record it. Such a removable recording medium can be provided as so-called package software.

The program is not only installed on the computer from the above-described removable recording medium but also wirelessly transmitted from the download site to the computer, or wired to the computer via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet. The computer can receive the program transmitted as described above and install it in a recording medium such as a built-in hard disk.

In addition, the various processes described in the specification may be executed not only in time series according to the description but also in parallel or separately depending on the processing capability of the apparatus which performs the processing or the necessity. In addition, in this specification, a system is a logical aggregation structure of several apparatus, and it is not limited that the apparatus of each structure is in the same case.

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As described above, according to the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in the configuration of displaying an image together with a map, it is possible to easily visually grasp the photographing place and the time relationship of the display image, and further, location information. It is possible to associate the positional information in an easy way with respect to an image that is not associated with. In one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, an image list in which local data, such as a photograph, stored in a storage unit of a client is arranged in a shooting date and time, and map information provided by a map information providing server, for example, Display. In the display image, an identification icon indicating whether position information is associated or not is set. In addition, by dragging and dropping an image to which the positional information is not associated on the map, the positional information on the dragged and dropped map can be obtained and set as the positional information of the image, thereby providing high convenience. An apparatus for realizing a process is provided.

According to the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in the configuration of displaying an image together with a map, it becomes possible to visually easily grasp the photographing place and the time relationship of the display image, and to the image to which the position information is not associated. This makes it possible to associate location information in a convenient way. In the configuration of an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, an image list in which local data such as a photo stored in a storage unit of a client is arranged in a photographing date and time, for example, map information provided by a map information providing server is enumerated. Display. In the display image, an identification icon indicating whether position information is associated or not is set. In addition, by dragging and dropping an image to which the positional information is not associated on the map, the positional information on the dragged and dropped map can be obtained and set as the positional information of the image.

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An information processing apparatus for performing information display processing, A display unit for displaying information, And a data processing unit for performing information display control on the display unit and data processing based on user input, The data processing unit, The image browsing screen corresponding to the image data stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit, and based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user, the position corresponding to the position information included in the attribute information of the selected image is displayed. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a configuration for displaying a map. The method of claim 1, The data processing unit, An information processing apparatus characterized in that the date and time information included in the attribute information of the selected image by the user is configured to display a map of a position corresponding to the position information included in any of the latest or highest image attribute information. . The method of claim 1, The data processing unit, An information processing apparatus characterized by performing a display of a map in which a marker is set at a position corresponding to position information included in attribute information of a selected image. The method of claim 1, The data processing unit, And an information processing apparatus which executes a process of reading and displaying image data in which position information corresponding to a setting position of the marker is set as attribute information based on a user operation on the marker. The method of claim 1, The data processing unit, Based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user, an information display file which sets image reference information as the access information corresponding to the selected image is generated or obtained, and the map and the selected image can be displayed together. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a configuration for executing map information display processing. The method of claim 1, The data processing unit, The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the map information display process performs a process of simultaneously displaying a list of images as a list of images selected based on the image selection information by the user. The method of claim 6, The data processing unit, And an processing for displaying an identification icon indicating whether or not position information is recorded in attribute information corresponding to the display image in the image list. The method of claim 6, The data processing unit, Based on the drag-and-drop processing on the display map by the user for the display image in the image list, position information corresponding to the map position of the drag-and-drop processing destination is obtained, and the drag-and-drop An information processing apparatus, comprising: a structure for executing a process of recording as position information corresponding to an image to be processed. The method of claim 8, And the position information is recorded in an image file together with the drag-and-drop processed image data. The method of claim 1, The data processing unit, A data preservation process of newly creating, updating, and storing selected image group information is executed for an image selected at the time of displaying the map information, and the image group information includes at least reference information of the selected image data. An information processing apparatus, characterized in that. The method of claim 10, The data processing unit, An information processing apparatus characterized by performing a process of storing positional information corresponding to an image as configuration data during the data storage process. The method of claim 10, The data processing unit, An information processing apparatus characterized by performing a process of saving a map displayed on a display unit or access information of the map as configuration data during the data storage process. The method of claim 10, The data processing unit, An information processing apparatus characterized by performing a process of storing, as configuration data, a display structure description file applied to the display of information displayed on a display unit in the data storage process. The method of claim 13, And the display structure description file is an HTML file. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus, And a data processing step of performing information display control on the display unit and data processing based on user input in the data processing unit, The data processing step, The image browsing screen corresponding to the image data stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit, and based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user, the position corresponding to the position information included in the attribute information of the selected image is displayed. An information processing method comprising the step of performing a display of a map. The method of claim 15, The data processing step, And performing display of a map of a position corresponding to the positional information in which the date and time information included in the attribute information of the selected image by the user is included in the attribute information of any one of the latest or best images. Treatment method. The method of claim 15, The data processing step, And displaying a map in which a marker is set at a position corresponding to the positional information included in the attribute information of the selected image. The method of claim 15, The data processing step, And a step of executing a process of reading and displaying image data in which the position information corresponding to the setting position of the marker is set as attribute information based on a user operation on the marker. The method of claim 15, The data processing step, Based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user, an information display file which sets image reference information as the access information corresponding to the selected image is generated or obtained, and the map and the selected image can be displayed together. An information processing method comprising the step of performing a map information display process. The method of claim 15, The data processing step, And in the map information display process, a step of executing a process of simultaneously displaying an image list as a list of images selected based on the image selection information by the user. The method of claim 20, The data processing step, And performing a process of displaying an identification icon indicating whether or not position information is recorded in attribute information corresponding to the display image in the image list. The method of claim 21, The information processing method, The data processing unit acquires position information corresponding to the map position of the drag-and-drop processing destination, based on the drag-and-drop processing on the display map by the user for the display image in the image list, An information processing method characterized by further performing a process of recording as positional information corresponding to an image targeted for drag-and-drop processing. The method of claim 22, And the position information is recorded in an image file together with the drag-and-drop processed image data. The method of claim 15, The information processing method, And the data processing unit further executes a data saving process for newly creating or updating and storing selected image group information including at least reference information of the selected image data, for the image selected at the time of displaying the map information. Information processing method. The method of claim 24, The data storage process is An information processing method characterized by storing data including positional information corresponding to an image. The method of claim 24, The data storage process is An information processing method characterized by storing data including a map displayed on a display unit or access information of the map. The method of claim 24. The data storage process is An information processing method characterized by storing data including a display structure description file applied to the display of information displayed on a display unit. The method of claim 27, And the display structure description file is an HTML file. A computer program for executing information processing in an information processing apparatus, And a data processing step in which the data processing unit performs information display control on the display unit and data processing based on user input, The data processing step, The image browsing screen corresponding to the image data stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit, and based on the input of the image selection information and the map display request by the user, the position corresponding to the position information included in the attribute information of the selected image is displayed. And a step of executing a display of a map.

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